Detective Conan is getting its first new two-hour special in ten years, and on Friday the staff of Detective Conan: 30-go Satsujin Jiken (*The Counterfeit Case of Ultra 30*) put out a promotional video, a main visual, and the theme song artist.
Quick answer
Detective Conan: 30-go Satsujin Jiken — the franchise's first new two-hour TV special in a decade — airs on NTV and affiliates on September 25, 2026 at 9:00 p.m. JST (8:00 a.m. EDT) in the "Kinyo Roadshow" block normally reserved for films. Mai Kuraki performs the opening theme "Hallelujah." Elaiza Ikeda guests in the voice cast. The case follows Conan and Heiji chasing a counterfeit-currency operation from the National Printing Bureau in Nagano to Osaka.
The case
Counterfeit bills, treated as a national-scale threat rather than a single murder. Conan and the group visit the National Printing Bureau in Nagano, then Conan and Heiji Hattori head to Osaka, where the fakes appear to have been printed. A Kansai-leg case with Heiji in it is about as reliable a format as this franchise has.
The slot is the story
The "Kinyo Roadshow" block is NTV's Friday film slot. Putting a TV special there — rather than in Conan's usual Saturday evening window — is the network treating this as an event rather than an episode. That has not happened for a Conan special in ten years.
Mai Kuraki on the opening theme is the other signal. She has been attached to Conan music since 1999, and the franchise brings her back for the entries it wants to feel like occasions.
Here is the promo:
Where it sits in the franchise
Gosho Aoyama launched the manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday in 1994. The TV anime has run continuously since January 1996, alongside an annual film series. Viz Media publishes the manga in English as Case Closed.
Per SenpaiRanks, the main Detective Conan TV series holds an adjusted score of 7.04 — a respectable number that is unusually hard to interpret for a show with more than a thousand episodes, which is why our board reports Consensus and Quality separately instead of collapsing three decades of output into one figure the way MyAnimeList does. If you have watched even a slice of it, your rating on the show's page pulls that number closer to something meaningful.
New to the franchise? The Detective Conan watch order and where-to-watch guide is the entry point, and best mystery and detective anime ranked puts it against the rest of the genre. The fall 2026 premiere dates list covers what else lands around it.
Frequently asked questions
Q: When does the new Detective Conan two-hour special air?
A: September 25, 2026 at 9:00 p.m. JST (8:00 a.m. EDT) on NTV and its affiliates, in the "Kinyo Roadshow" block.
Q: What is the special called?
A: Detective Conan: 30-go Satsujin Jiken, rendered in English as The Counterfeit Case of Ultra 30.
Q: Who performs the theme song?
A: Mai Kuraki performs the opening theme "Hallelujah."
Q: Is there a guest voice actor?
A: Yes — Elaiza Ikeda, known for the live-action Doronjo and Sadako, joins as a guest cast member.
Q: What is the case about?
A: A counterfeit-currency operation. Conan and the others visit the National Printing Bureau in Nagano, then Conan and Heiji head to Osaka, where the bills appear to have been printed.
Q: When was the last Detective Conan two-hour special?
A: Ten years ago — this is the franchise's first new two-hour special since then.